πρανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=πρανές, Ion. [[πρηνής]] (also in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''350a11, ''Spir.''484b29, ''Fr.''106, J.''AJ''18.3.1, 19.8.2, Plu.2.680a, ''Tim.''11, Gal.''UP''2.2, 7.22, ''PMag.Par.''1.194, etc.), gen. έος, Att. contr. οῦς:—of posture,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[with the face downwards]], [[lying on the front]], [[falling forwards]],opp. [[ὕπτιος]], πρηνεῖς τε καὶ ὕπτιοι ἔκπεσον ἵππων Il.11.179; ἐκ δίφροιο… ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐν κονίῃσιν ἐπὶ στόμα 6.43, cf. 2.418, 4.544, Hes.''Sc.''365; πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς Il.21.118; mostly with Verbs of falling, <b class="b3">πρηνὴς κάππεσε, ἤριπε, ἐλιάσθη</b>, 16.413, 5.58, 15.543; <b class="b3">πρηνέα… τανύσσας [Ἕκτορα]</b> 23.25; κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον [[headlong down]], 2.414; π. γενόμενος ''Act.Ap.''1.18 (fort. = [[πρησθείς]] [[becoming distended]]); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνὲς ῥέπειν</b> incline towards [[pronation]], Hp.''Fract.'' 1; ἐς τὸ π. Id.''Mochl.''8; of the arm and hand, [[with the palm downwards]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in ''Fract.''2; opp. [[ὕπτιος]], Arist.''Spir.'' [[l.c.]], Plu.''Tim.''11; of ἀστράγαλοι, ὀρθοὶ πίπτοντες ἢ πρηνεῖς Id.2.680a, cf. Poll.7.204; of seeds, [[hollow side downwards]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.6.1; of a ship, [[bottom upwards]], implied in Plu.''Tim.''l.c.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of parts of animals or man, that part which is uppermost and visible when the animal or man is in the [[πρανής]] position (the normal one for a quadruped), the [[back]] part, τὰ τετράποδα… ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις οὐκ ἔ χει τὰς τρίχας, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς πρανέσι μᾶλλον· οἱ δ' ἄνθρωποι τοὐναντίον ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν τοῖς πρανέσιν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''658a17, cf. ''HA''498b20, 519a21, 540a2, ''GA''717b30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of leaves and of the hand, the [[back]] or '[[wrong]]' side, τὰς ἶνας καὶ τὰς φλέβας ἐν τοῖς π. ἔχουσιν ὥσπερ ἡ χείρ [[Theophrastus]] ''HP''1.10.2 (misunderstood as the opposite by Plin.''HN''16.88), cf. 3.14.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of the sides of hills, πρὸς ἄναντες καὶ κατὰ πρανοῦς καὶ πλάγια ἐλαύνειν [[down hill]], X.''Eq.''3.7, cf. ''An.''1.5.8, 4.8.28, Plu.''Sull.''18; κατὰ τὰ π. X.''Eq.''8.6; <b class="b3">τὸ π.</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ὄρθιον</b>, ibid., cf. ''Cyr.''2.2.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[convex]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''350a11.